Public Concerts and Other LMC Events
Free Public Concert Series
LMC’s most visible face is its Public Concert Series that offers free classical music concerts from October through May by LMC member-musicians and guests. The classical music series is presented at a variety of venues throughout the Seattle metro area, including Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Public Library – Central and West Seattle Branches, University House Wallingford, Mirabella Seattle, Tagney Jones Hall, Bellevue’s Crossroads Community Center Theater, and the Music Center of the Northwest in North Seattle.
These intimate, one-half-hour to one-hour, music programs are free and open to the public. A selection of these are now available online through our Facebook page and YouTube channel. No advance tickets are required.
With generous support and partnership from:
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The 2024 Frances Walton Competition Outreach Tours are supported in part by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Event Calendar
LMC Composers Concert
This program features the compositions of LMC member composers.
Limerick by Steve White
Birr by Steve White
Steve White, piano
Sonatina for String Quartet by Patrick O’Keefe
I. Allegro
II. Nocturne (Tranquillo)
III. Dance (Allegretto)
String Quartet No. 1 by Colleen Fraser
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
String Quartet No. 2 by Frances Walton
II. Martin
Kathryn Zufall, violin
Ann Rackl, violin
Janice Gockel, viola
Erika Pierson, cello
The Taxi (poem by Amy Lowell) by Colleen Fraser
Dhanushi Wijeyakulasuriya, Soprano I
Ute Freund, Soprano II
Stephanie Guasch, Alto I
Kathryn Vinson, Alto II
Elgar’s Sea Pictures
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 by Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
“Sea Slumber Song,” poem by Roden Noel
“In Haven,” poem by Caroline Alice Elgar, the composer’s wife
“Sabbath Morning at Sea,” poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Where Corals Lie,” poem by Richard Garnett
“The Swimmer,” poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon
Kathryn Vinson, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Piano Trios by Haydn and Higdon
Piano Trio in A-flat Major, Hob. XV:14 by Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Rondo (Vivace)
Piano Trio by Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
I. Pale Yellow
II. Fiery Red
Caitlin Kelley, violin
Emily Hu, cello
Thomas Lee, piano
Music for Woodwind Ensemble
Quintett for Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Horn and Fagott, Op. 79 by August Klughardt (1847–1902)
Allegro non troppo
Allegro Vivace
Andante grazioso
Adagio – Allegro molto vivace
From Circus Etudes by Jeffrey Agrell (b. 1948)
1. Dancing Elephants
Jan Bleakney, flute
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Mariane Hermanson (guest artist), French horn
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op 40 by Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano
Beyond the Pyrenees: Music of France and Spain
Songs of the Auvergne
Three Folk Songs arranged by Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
Sung in the Auvergne Dialect
– L’aїo dè rotso (“Spring water”)
– Tchut, Tchut (“Don’t tell anybody!”)
– Malurous qu’o uno fenno (“Unfortunate is he who has a wife”)
Three Songs by Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
Sung in Catalan and Castillan
– Canço de la fira (“Song of the fair”)
– Jo et pressentia com la mar (“I sensed you were like the sea and the immense wind”)
– Solo las flores sobre ti (“Flowers over you, nothing but flowers”)
Songs of the Auvergne
Two Folk Songs arranged by Joseph Canteloube
– La delaїssádo (“The abandoned”)
– Passo pel prat (“Go through the meadow”)
Diane Althaus, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano
Mendelssohn Piano Trio
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
I. Molto Allegro agitato
II. Andante con moto tranquillo
III. Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace
IV. Finale. Allegro assai appassionato
Adrianna Hulscher, violin
Erika Pierson, cello
Sophia Chou, piano